Co-founder and Director of CSDA, Andre Collins is off to the UK to attend the Beyond Sport Summit, October 19-21.

CSDA has been nominated as one of 30 Organizations from more that 200 around the globe that use the powerful and authentic medium of sport towards social development.

The prestigious Beyond Sport Awards, supported by Comic Relief, will now take centre stage in a night of celebration alongside delegates from around the world. The ceremony will celebrate the amazing stories where sport is being used to create positive social change around the world, focusing on issues such as health, social inclusion, conflict resolution and education.

In addition to highlighting the hard-working projects and programmes, the ceremony will also celebrate teams, leagues, governing bodies and corporations that are at the forefront of creating social change through sport. In addition to announcing the Winners across Beyond Sport’s esteemed categories, the event will also see the presentation of two brand-new Awards: the Barclays Sport for Employability Award and the UNICEF Safeguarding Children Award.

Collins says, that “it is an honor to even be nominated much less shortlisted among the top global organizations in Sport for Development” and that “CSDA is being recognized for its pioneering work in the global movement for safeguarding of children in sport environments.”

He and fellow Director, Mark Mungal agrees that there is still much work to be done in this area as governments and stakeholders need to pay greater attention to this issue as thousands of children’s lives are negatively affected either through willful acts or poor practice.

CSDA remains committed to the development of people and communities through sport.